Ch1-The Fourth Thing

MAGIC TREE HOUSE #48 A Perfect Time for Pandas

神奇树屋#48熊猫的完美时光

The Fourth Thing Jack heard knocking on his door. Teddy and Kathleen were knocking! They were calling to him! He had to help them save Penny! Jack tried to cross his room… but his legs wouldn't move. He couldn't get to the door! The knocking grew louder. "Jack?" his dad called. Jack opened his eyes. Where was he? "Jack, get up! School!" came his dad's voice. What a dream, thought Jack. He quickly sat up in bed. He'd overslept! "Jack? Are you awake?" said his dad, peeking into his room. "Yep, thanks, Dad!" said Jack. "Better hurry," said Jack's dad. He closed the door. Jack hopped out of bed. Where's Annie? he wondered. They had planned to go to the tree

杰克听到的第四个敲门的声音。 泰迪和凯瑟琳在敲门！他们在呼唤他！他得帮他们救佩妮！杰克试图穿过他的房间，但他的腿不动了。 他走不到门口！敲门声越来越响。 “杰克？”他爸爸叫道。杰克睁开眼睛。 他在哪里？“杰克，起来！”学校！”爸爸的声音传来。 真是个梦，杰克想。 他迅速从床上坐起来。他睡过头了!“杰克? 你醒了吗？”他爸爸朝他房间里瞥了一眼，问道。 “是的，谢谢你，爸爸！”杰克说。 “最好快点，”杰克的爸爸说。 他关上了门。杰克跳下床。 安妮在哪里?他想知道。 他们原计划到那棵树上去

house before school! Today was the day to find the fourth thing to save Penny. Jack pulled on his jeans and a T-shirt and rushed out of his room. Annie charged out of her room at the same moment. "We overslept!" she said. "No kidding," said Jack. "Hurry! We have to get to the tree house before school starts." "I know!" said Annie. Annie and Jack charged down the steps. They rushed into the kitchen. "Good morning, sleepyheads," their mom said. "You have just enough time for breakfast. I made you egg sandwiches." "Thanks, Mom," said Jack. "But would you mind if we take them with us? We have to head to school early. We have a special project." "You guys really seem to love school," their dad said. "Yep, school's great," said Jack. Their mom wrapped up their sandwiches and put them in a paper bag. She handed the bag to Annie. "You two have a good day," she said. "Thanks, Mom!" said Annie.

上学前回家！今天是找到第四样东西来救佩妮的日子。 杰克穿上牛仔裤和t恤，冲出房间。 与此同时，安妮冲出了她的房间。 “我们睡过头了！”她说。“别开玩笑了，”杰克说。 “快点!我们必须在开学前赶到树屋。” “我知道！”安妮说。安妮和杰克冲下台阶。 他们冲进厨房。 “早上好，瞌睡虫们，”他们的妈妈说。 “你有足够的时间吃早饭。 我给你做了鸡蛋三明治。” “谢谢妈妈，”杰克说。“但是你介意我们把它们带走吗？” 我们得早点去学校。 我们有一个特别的项目。” “你们看起来真的很喜欢学校，”他们的爸爸说。 “是的，学校很棒，”杰克说。 妈妈把他们的三明治包好放进纸袋里。 她把包递给安妮。 “祝你们俩今天愉快，”她说。 “谢谢妈妈！”安妮说。

Jack and Annie hurried to the front door and stepped outside into the moist spring air. "We have exactly twenty-five minutes before we have to head to school," Jack said. "No problem," said Annie. "Hold on." She put their sandwiches in Jack's backpack. "Okay. Let's go!" They raced across their yard and charged up the sidewalk. They ran across the street and headed into the Frog Creek woods. They ran between trees full of new green leaves until they came to the tallest oak. The magic tree house was high up in the branches. Annie grabbed the rope ladder and started up. Jack followed. Inside the tree house they both sat on the floor, catching their breath. "Whew… it's all still here," gasped Annie. Dusty rays of morning light shone through the tree house window onto the three things they'd already found to help Teddy and Kathleen: a rose carved out of an emerald from India, a dried white and yellow flower from the Swiss Alps, and a goose-feather quill pen from President Abraham Lincoln.

杰克和安妮急忙跑到前门，走到外面，呼吸着春天潮湿的空气。 “离我们去学校还有整整25分钟，”杰克说。 “没问题，”安妮说。“等一等。” 她把他们的三明治放进杰克的背包里。 “好吧。我们走吧!”他们跑过院子，冲上人行道。 他们跑过马路，向青蛙溪树林走去。 他们在长满新绿叶子的树木之间奔跑，来到了最高的橡树前。 神奇的树屋高高挂在树枝上。 安妮抓住绳梯，跳了起来。 杰克跟着。在树屋里，他们俩都坐在地板上，喘着气。 “哇……都还在，”安妮喘着气说。 晨光的尘埃透过树屋的窗户照在他们已经找到的三样东西上：一朵用印度祖母绿雕刻而成的玫瑰，一朵来自瑞士阿尔卑斯山的干白黄花，以及亚伯拉罕·林肯总统送的鹅毛笔。

"I hope Teddy and Kathleen were able to translate the last part of the rhyme," said Jack. "Do we have a new note?" They both looked around the tree house. "Aha!" said Annie. She pointed to a book and a small scroll lying in the corner. Jack picked up the book, and Annie grabbed the scroll. "Interesting," said Jack. He showed the cover of the book to Annie. "Cool, China!" said Annie.

“我希望泰迪和凯瑟琳能把押韵的最后一部分翻译出来，”杰克说。 “我们有新的钞票吗？”他们俩都看了看树屋。 “啊哈！”安妮说。她指着角落里的一本书和一个小卷轴。 杰克拿起书，安妮抓起卷轴。 “有意思，”杰克说。他把书的封面拿给安妮看。 “酷，中国！”安妮说。

"We've been there before," said Jack. "Remember the emperor who burned the books and tried to have us killed?" "That was more than two thousand years ago," said Annie. "Maybe we're going to a different time now." Annie unrolled their scroll and read aloud: Dear Jack and Annie, We haven't yet finished translating the last lines of the secret rhyme to reverse the statue spell Teddy cast on Penny. But we do know the fourth object we need to break the spell. And we know that it can be found in Southwest China. It is: A healthy food, grainy and good, baked with love, tough as wood, round in shape, the color of sand, given to those who have lost their land. Once you have found the last object, please hurry to Camelot. Morgan and Merlin

“我们以前去过那里。”杰克说。 “还记得那个烧了书，想杀了我们的皇帝吗？”“那是两千多年前的事了，”安妮说。 “也许我们现在要去一个不同的时代了。” 安妮展开卷轴，大声朗读：亲爱的杰克和安妮，我们还没有翻译完这首秘密押韵的最后几行，这首押韵是用来逆转泰迪对佩妮施的雕像咒的。 但我们知道打破魔咒需要的第四个东西。 我们知道它可以在中国西南部找到。 它是：一种健康的食物，粒状而美味，用爱烘烤，像木头一样坚韧，形状圆，沙子的颜色，送给那些失去土地的人。 一旦你找到了最后一件物品，请赶紧赶到卡梅洛特。 摩根和梅林